I like your style, and the challenges you face I think are common amongst many Domino developers. Most of the excitement is gone so the journey to find something else that will light the same spark is worth reading.
I'm beginning to think that part of the problem is just age -- just realising that there are more important things in life than what tools you use to program.
I also feel that IT in general is moving away from specialised solutions to general ones - businesses are less and less keen on custom software because they are frightened of the overheads. Products that let them start 'out of the box' and add customisation (even if they end up doing more dev in the long run) are easier for management to swallow, so skills around user interface, business process integration, etc are becoming more important as coding.
Keep posting, there are plenty of us still reading.
I like your style, and the challenges you face I think are common amongst many Domino developers. Most of the excitement is gone so the journey to find something else that will light the same spark is worth reading.
I'm beginning to think that part of the problem is just age -- just realising that there are more important things in life than what tools you use to program.
I also feel that IT in general is moving away from specialised solutions to general ones - businesses are less and less keen on custom software because they are frightened of the overheads. Products that let them start 'out of the box' and add customisation (even if they end up doing more dev in the long run) are easier for management to swallow, so skills around user interface, business process integration, etc are becoming more important as coding.
Keep posting, there are plenty of us still reading.